On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:44:04 GMT, "kilikini"
wrote:

I love the dark meat on chicken, but I don't really like turkey at
all. I will eat small amounts of white meat on holidays, but that's
it.

Yay! Another non-turkey eater.

And baby makes three! I don't love turkey. I don't hate it, but I
don't love it. It's not what I'm really looking forward to, but it
does need to be there. I love the side dishes at Thanksgiving
dinner, especially cornbread dressing and sweet potatoes. I do want
turkey at Thanksgiving. I want the scent of it cooking and I want a
tiny portion on my plate, which will otherwise be full of dressing,
sweet potatoes, green beans, rolls, devilled eggs, macaroni and
cheese, corn, cole slaw, and potato salad.

I do love leftover turkey sandwiches, and I eat them for days after
Thanksgiving. I freeze the rest of the turkey and use it as I would
use chicken in casseroles, enchiladas, etc.

When I have cooked Thanksgiving dinner for two, either I roasted a
turkey breast or my husband smoked one. The barbecue places around
here smoke turkeys for Thanksgiving. That would make for some
delicious sandwiches the day after.

Tara

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:44:04 GMT, "kilikini"
wrote:


Yay! Another non-turkey eater. I always preferred the sides on
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, rather than the main dish.

I don't like turkey, either. Never have. I don't mind the turkey
salad afterwards, but that's really just an excuse to eat mayo.

Serene
--
"I can't decide if I feel more like four ten-year-olds or ten four-year-olds." Laurie Anderson , on turning 40.

http://serenejournal.livejournal.com

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:39:20 -0800, Serene
wrote:

I don't like turkey, either. Never have. I don't mind the turkey
salad afterwards, but that's really just an excuse to eat mayo.

Heehee! Sprinkle that turkey and mayo sammich with a little Penzey's
Sunny Paris Seasoning, and you'll be one happy camper!

Oh pshaw, on Fri 10 Nov 2006 09:28:45p, Damsel in dis Dress meant to say...

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:39:20 -0800, Serene
wrote:

I don't like turkey, either. Never have. I don't mind the turkey salad
afterwards, but that's really just an excuse to eat mayo.

Heehee! Sprinkle that turkey and mayo sammich with a little Penzey's
Sunny Paris Seasoning, and you'll be one happy camper!


Trust me, I won't. I really detest the taste of turkey. I eat one
obligatory slice with gravy at Thanksgiving and I don't want to see or smell
it again for another year.

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

(I may not agree with a word you say, but I shall
defend unto my death your right to say it. (Voltaire)

Oh pshaw, on Fri 10 Nov 2006 05:11:41p, Tara meant to say...

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:44:04 GMT, "kilikini"
wrote:

I love the dark meat on chicken, but I don't really like turkey at
all. I will eat small amounts of white meat on holidays, but that's
it.

Yay! Another non-turkey eater.

And baby makes three! I don't love turkey. I don't hate it, but I
don't love it. It's not what I'm really looking forward to, but it
does need to be there. I love the side dishes at Thanksgiving
dinner, especially cornbread dressing and sweet potatoes. I do want
turkey at Thanksgiving. I want the scent of it cooking and I want a
tiny portion on my plate, which will otherwise be full of dressing,
sweet potatoes, green beans, rolls, devilled eggs, macaroni and
cheese, corn, cole slaw, and potato salad.

For the most part that's how I feel. I do like the smell of it roasting on
Thanksgiving day, but don't even like the smell of it after that. I also
love the sides, my favorites are the cornbread dressing and candied yams.

I do love leftover turkey sandwiches, and I eat them for days after
Thanksgiving. I freeze the rest of the turkey and use it as I would
use chicken in casseroles, enchiladas, etc.

That's where we part ways. :-) I might be coerced into eating one turkey
sandwich the next day, but preferably not. I'd rather reheat whatever is
left of the sides and eat those. Whatever David doesn't manage to eat in
2-3 days we throw out. Even he doesn't like it frozen and thawed, no
matter what you do with it.

When I have cooked Thanksgiving dinner for two, either I roasted a
turkey breast or my husband smoked one. The barbecue places around
here smoke turkeys for Thanksgiving. That would make for some
delicious sandwiches the day after.

Good smoked turkey is like another meat altogether, and I will eat it
occasionally.

I once brined a turkey breast in a very highly flavored brine and cooked it
on the rotisserie on the grill. I was able to eat more than one portion of
that one. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

(I may not agree with a word you say, but I shall
defend unto my death your right to say it. (Voltaire)

Oh pshaw, on Fri 10 Nov 2006 10:44:04a, kilikini meant to say...

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
Oh pshaw, on Fri 10 Nov 2006 07:05:39a, elaine meant to say...

"Wayne Boatwright" wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com wrote in message
28.19...
Oh pshaw, on Fri 10 Nov 2006 05:17:58a, Jude meant to say...

snip..

I love the dark meat on turkey........it's my fav part.

elaine

I love the dark meat on chicken, but I don't really like turkey at
all. I will eat small amounts of white meat on holidays, but that's
it.

Yay! Another non-turkey eater. I always preferred the sides on
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, rather than the main dish. But,
whenever I made chicken, I preferred the dark meat as well, Wayne.

I suppose one of the reasons I've never liked turkey is that I did not grow
up in a home where turkey was a tradition. At Thanksgiving we almost
always had a roasted capon, and other times of the year roasted chicken,
both of which I really love. Southern fried chicken is one of my favorite
things.

I have really tried to like turkey and have prepared it many ways, but
could just never get past the particular taste that it has.

Now, I can't eat turkey or chicken at all, so I have a free pass this
year!!!!!!!!

Sorry about the chicken. I know the turkey is no loss. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

(I may not agree with a word you say, but I shall
defend unto my death your right to say it. (Voltaire)

Oh pshaw, on Sat 11 Nov 2006 06:13:15p, meant to say...


Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
It looks like it'll be just DH and me this year... no doubt he'll ask
if I want to go out to eat, but we can't afford a Really Nice
Restaurant and cheap places will be overcrowded (and why would I want
to pay good money to eat mass-produced overcooked, oversalted turkey
anyway?)

But I don't think I feel like cooking a turkey just for two people...
what are your suggestions for a special dinner for two? DH likes meat,
and I like veggies, and we can have anything except seafood.

If you want to stay on the traditional side, why not make a turkey
breast? The meat won't be dry because you don't have to worry about the
breast cooking faster than the thighs, and it makes excellent sammys.
Or, if that still seems like too much, how about a couple of Cornish
game hens? You can even stuff them; I know, I've done it! Not quite the
same as turkey but close enough, and still delicious. And perfectly
sized for a dinner for two!

kimberly



Cornish hens are a great choice! Of course, I don't like turkey, but
Cornish Hens are delicious and make an elegant presentation over and above
turkey. Not necessarily for Thanksgiving, of course, but I used to stuff
them with a mixture of sauteed stale poundcake crumbs, toasted pecans, a
bit of sauteed onion, and dried fuit. Traditional stuffing is wonderful in
them, too.

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

Keep emotionally active. Cater to your favorite
neurosis.

Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
It looks like it'll be just DH and me this year... no doubt he'll ask
if I want to go out to eat, but we can't afford a Really Nice
Restaurant and cheap places will be overcrowded (and why would I want
to pay good money to eat mass-produced overcooked, oversalted turkey
anyway?)

But I don't think I feel like cooking a turkey just for two people...
what are your suggestions for a special dinner for two? DH likes meat,
and I like veggies, and we can have anything except seafood.

If you want to stay on the traditional side, why not make a turkey
breast? The meat won't be dry because you don't have to worry about the
breast cooking faster than the thighs, and it makes excellent sammys.
Or, if that still seems like too much, how about a couple of Cornish
game hens? You can even stuff them; I know, I've done it! Not quite the
same as turkey but close enough, and still delicious. And perfectly
sized for a dinner for two!

kimberly